Social media has rapidly transformed all of us into participants in the media, rather than merely its passive consumers. And even before social media, gossip and other cultural mechanisms served as means for each of us to spread rumors or quell them, spread panic or promote reason, in the wake of horrifying events. We need [...]

For a long time now, my fellow Patheos atheist blogger Hank Fox (of A Citizen of Earth) has been acutely aware that secular people can use some cultural institutions and identity that can rival the religions in the areas of life that religions still have hegemony. For a while now he has been sketching his [...]

Last year, I did 18 written interviews in support of the Secular Student Alliance and conducted four video interviews with student members of one SSA group. This post contains links to all these great discussions, for your perusal and edification and donations to the SSA.

Since I eat enough Doritos that my body is a full 30% Dorito, I get a lot of links related to Doritos from my Facebook friends. This silly one from Ray yesterday gave me too good a chuckle not to share it with you: “Two Chips” / An Animated Short from Adam Patch on Vimeo. [...]